पिपीलिका

See also: पिपीलक

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पिपीलिका (pipīlikā).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pɪ.piː.lɪ.kɑː/, [pɪ.piː.l̪ɪ.käː]

Noun

पिपीलिका • (pipīlikā) f

the common small red ant
Synonym: चींटी (cī̃ṭī)

Declension

Declension of पिपीलिका (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पिपीलिका pipīlikā	पिपीलिकाएँ pipīlikāẽ
oblique	पिपीलिका pipīlikā	पिपीलिकाओं pipīlikāõ
vocative	पिपीलिका pipīlikā	पिपीलिकाओ pipīlikāo

Nepali

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [pipilikä]

Phonetic Devanagari: पिपिलिका

Noun

पिपीलिका • (pipīlikā)

ant

Synonyms

कमिलो [kamilo]

Sanskrit

Etymology

Feminine variant of पिपीलक (pipīlaka), from a compound of पिपील (pipīla, "ant") +‎ -क (-ka, diminutive suffix). The first element is a variant of पिप्पीड (pippīḍa), possibly a reduplicated form of पीड् (pīḍ, “to press, squeeze”) or a borrowing from a non Indo-Aryan language.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /pi.piː.li.kɑː/

(Classical) IPA^(key): /piˈpiː.l̪i.kɑː/

Noun

पिपीलिका • (pipīlikā) f

the common small red ant or a female ant

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of पिपीलिका (pipīlikā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पिपीलिका pipīlikā	पिपीलिके pipīlike	पिपीलिकाः pipīlikāḥ
Vocative	पिपीलिके pipīlike	पिपीलिके pipīlike	पिपीलिकाः pipīlikāḥ
Accusative	पिपीलिकाम् pipīlikām	पिपीलिके pipīlike	पिपीलिकाः pipīlikāḥ
Instrumental	पिपीलिकया / पिपीलिका¹ pipīlikayā / pipīlikā¹	पिपीलिकाभ्याम् pipīlikābhyām	पिपीलिकाभिः pipīlikābhiḥ
Dative	पिपीलिकायै pipīlikāyai	पिपीलिकाभ्याम् pipīlikābhyām	पिपीलिकाभ्यः pipīlikābhyaḥ
Ablative	पिपीलिकायाः pipīlikāyāḥ	पिपीलिकाभ्याम् pipīlikābhyām	पिपीलिकाभ्यः pipīlikābhyaḥ
Genitive	पिपीलिकायाः pipīlikāyāḥ	पिपीलिकयोः pipīlikayoḥ	पिपीलिकानाम् pipīlikānām
Locative	पिपीलिकायाम् pipīlikāyām	पिपीलिकयोः pipīlikayoḥ	पिपीलिकासु pipīlikāsu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

Monier Williams (1899), “पिपीलिका”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 575.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “pipila”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 463

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